fight off

verb

fought off; fighting off; fights off

: to defend oneself against (someone or something) by fighting or struggling : to avoid being harmed or overcome by (someone or something) by fighting or struggling

They fought off the attack/attackers.

I'm trying to fight off a cold.

Examples of fight off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For starters, the 46-year-old billionaire was confined to house arrest on his 300-acre Oxfordshire estate in England, fighting off a Swiss extradition request tied to an international money-laundering probe. — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

The matte screen effectively fought off the glare from the open window in my row. — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

Most of us would decline if asked to put a huge chunk of the team's fate on our shoulders while fighting off 100 mph howitzers. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Suarez fought off an Atlanta defender to reach the ball in the box and flicked a lofted cross toward Berterame. — Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for fight off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff